Black truck driver alleges discrimination by Wal-Mart

In comments made to the local press in Arkansas, the company
said it did not discriminate and that it needed time to read the allegations.

The
charges say Wal-Mart rejects and discourages black applicants for truck-driving
jobs at the company's distribution centers in 12 Southern states including
Arkansas, where Wal-Mart is headquartered in Bentonville, and in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Driver
Daryal T. Nelson says he applied many times to drive truck and was promised a
job at a distribution center in Searcy, AK, in May 2002. However, when he
reported, he claims the director told him he could work as a laborer, according
to the suit.

Nelson has logged more than 3 million miles without a
preventable accident in his 22-year truck driving career, the local press
reported.

Wal-Mart, which operates the nation’s largest private fleet,
has denied the allegations.